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Hay-On-Wye Cricket Club v The Authors XI 2025

Hay-On-Wye Cricket Club v The Authors XI 2025

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Just over a year ago we visited Hay-On-Wye to witness the first ever game of cricket played as part of the Literary Festival between the local Hay Club and a celebrity XI picked largely from the ranks of the world famous Authors XI.

This year, the Festival has agreed to making this fixture an integral part of its activities on a day dedicated to a number of sports related meetings and speakers.

This episode of the podcast tries to capture the day, talking to Hay Club stalwarts as well as the celebrities / writers associated with the Authors XI.

Listen out for contributions from:

Ebony Rainford Brent (Broadcaster and ex England cricketer)

Stephen Fry (multi talented broadcaster / actor / writer)

Tom Holland (Historian and co-host of The Rest is History Podcast)

Matt Thacker (MD of company that runs Wisden Cricket Monthly and editor the Wisden Journal The Nightwatchman

Andrew Kojima (Chef and writer)

For those interested in Ebony Rainford-Brent's book, you can purchase a copy here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Test-Match-Special-Everything-greatest/dp/1785949500/ref=asc_df_1785949500?mcid=d17a7a06d32e30188956fe318b91d8bc&th=1&psc=1&hvocijid=7672195198612755959-1785949500-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7672195198612755959&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007460&hvtargid=pla-2281435177618&psc=1&gad_source=1

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